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Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis was named by Bonaparte (1991). Its type specimen is MUCPv-202. Its type locality is Universidad Nacional del Comahue (W), which is in a Santonian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Bonaparte p. 51 figs. 14-16
2006Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Nobre and Carvalho
2008Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Martinelli and Pais
2010Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Nascimento and Zaher
2010Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Turner and Sertich
2012Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Bronzati et al.
2014Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Sertich and O'Connor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—Eunotosuchia
—Xenodontosuchia
—Baurusuchia(Walker 1968)
genusComahuesuchus
speciesbrachybuccalis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Bonaparte 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Río Negro) Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis (84309)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis (type locality: 47796)